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People v. Medina
State: Illinois
Court: 2nd District Appellate
Docket No: 2-96-0239
Case Date: 04/30/1997
                              No. 2--96--0239

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                                  IN THE

                        APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

                              SECOND DISTRICT
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF           )  Appeal from the Circuit Court
ILLINOIS,                            )  of Kane County. 
                                     )
     Plaintiff-Appellant,            )  No. 91--CF--333)    
v.                                   )
                                     )
LUIS A. MEDINA,                      )  Honorable
                                     )  Barry E. Puklin,
     Defendant-Appellee.             )  Judge, Presiding.
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     JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

     The State timely appeals from the circuit court's order
granting the post-conviction petition of defendant, Luis A. Medina,
and effectively vacating defendant's criminal conviction on the
basis of double jeopardy.  He asserted in the petition that he had
previously been punished where the Department of Revenue issued a
"jeopardy" tax assessment against him and a lien on his property
pursuant to the Cannabis and Controlled Substances Tax Act (Tax
Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 120, par. 2151 et seq.).  We vacate
the judgment.
     Following a bench trial, which began on January 13, 1992,
defendant was convicted of the unlawful possession of a controlled
substance (cocaine) with intent to deliver (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991,
ch. 56

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